Merchant shipping company, whose offices were at 2 Leadenhall Street, London. In 1822 Southey used them to send a consignment of books to Copenhagen. Southey addressed his letter of 11 October 1822 to John Chapman, in the belief that the firm was still headed by its founder, John Chapman ‘of Whitby’ (1732–1822), though he had died on 5 January 1822. This Chapman was a Quaker and originally a supplier of canvas for sails, but his firm expanded under his ten sons into a leading shipping agent, insurer and bank.